Editing 2003 in politics (section)

===October 1-October 7===
*October 2: [[Canadian province]] of [[Ontario]] conducts a general [[election]] to elect members to the [[Ontario]] government. The election, which was called by [[Ontario Progressive Conservative Party]] Premier [[Ernie Eves]], is majority won by the [[Dalton McGuinty]]-led [[Ontario Liberal Party]].
*October 3: [[Richard Butler (diplomat)|Richard Butler]] is sworn in as [[Governor of Tasmania]].
*October 3: [[Laila Freivalds]] is appointed foreign minister of [[Sweden]].
*October 4: Democrat [[Kathleen Babineaux Blanco]] and Republican [[Bobby Jindal]] advance to a runoff to decide who becomes Louisiana Governor.
*October 5: Chairman of the [[Palestinian Authority]] [[Yasser Arafat|Yasir Arafat]] installs [[Ahmed Qureia]] as prime minister of an emergency cabinet.
*October 5: [[Valentina Matviyenko]] is elected governor of [[Saint Petersburg]] over [[Anna Markova]].
*October 7: [[Teresa Patrício Gouveia]] becomes Foreign Minister of [[Portugal]] replacing [[António Martins da Cruz]].
*October 7: [[Giovanni Lajolo]] is appointed foreign minister of the [[Vatican City|Vatican]].
*October 7: In California, Democratic Governor [[Gray Davis]] is [[2003 California Recall|recalled]]. Republican [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] is elected to replace Davis.